hi!; yo!; hey man!; yessir!; understood!
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
(black) magic; witchcraft; sorcery
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
family; relatives; dependents; household
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
disgusting; sickening; revolting; nauseating
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
spreading the legs (wide apart); opening the legs
Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonica)
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
distance (of a ski jump, baseball hit, etc.); carry (of a golf ball); flight (of an arrow)
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
furious opposition; strong opposition; vehement protest
headquarters; head office; main office
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
two times; twice; two degrees
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation